Worried about Texas' immigration laws? You'll be safe as long as a rich white person wants you to mop their floor or mow their lawn.
The proposed House Bill 1202 will harshly punish anyone who hires an illegal immigrant, with one exception: hiring a Mexican to be a maid or landscaper.
Texas state Representative Aaron Pena, a Republican, said the exception is a wise one because, "When it comes to household employees or yard workers it is extremely common for Texans to hire people who are likely undocumented workers."
Other bills Texass is proposing:
1. Making English the official language of Texas.
2. Placing an 8% surcharge on all money wired from Texas to Latin America. About $480 million could be collected from money sent to Mexico alone.
3. Requiring police officers to ask every person they stop what their citizenship status is.
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/03/01/texas.immigration.bill/index.html
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